CRESS What Caused WWII

What Caused WWII?

A.G.G.R.E.S.S.I.O.N.

A“Please don’t start another war!”

Appeasement: Allies give in to Hitler

France and Great Britain

G Germans take Austria and Czechoslovakia

G German Nationalism

R Real Cause: Hitler Invades Poland

Q: How was Germany able to do this?

Blitzkrieg=

Lightning War

E Everyone Ignores the League of Nations

Hey, maybe we had better stop that Hitler guy?

S Silly Treaty of Versailles makes Germany and Italy want revenge

Serious Pacifism in Great Britain and FranceS

“Zose vimpy French and Brits: Vee shall destroy zem!” – not an actual quote

I Italy Wants Land

O Oh, U.S. Isolationist!

N No one stops Japan in Asia

Word Bank

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Anschluss

Sudetenland

Communism

Rhineland

Army